2022
Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil
Pertile A, Lustosa R, Carvalho-Pereira T, Pedra G, Panti-May J, Oliveira U, Zeppelini C, Souza F, Oliveira D, Khalil H, Reis M, Childs J, Ko A, Begon M, Costa F. Evaluation of the impact of chemical control on the ecology of Rattus norvegicus of an urban community in Salvador, Brazil. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0270568. PMID: 35857771, PMCID: PMC9299319, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRodent control programsDemographic variablesSpirochete Leptospira interrogansControl interventionsCommunity settingsR. norvegicusChi-squareControl of zoonosesLeptospira interrogansChemical interventionDemographic characteristicsInterventionIntervention campaignsRodentsSynanthropic rodentsMonthsBody massControl programsControl practicesRattus norvegicusControl campaignsUrban poor communitiesPopulationEnvironmental transmissionAnalysis of variance
1987
Prospective seroepidemiology of hantaviruses and population dynamics of small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland.
Childs J, Glass G, Korch G, LeDuc J. Prospective seroepidemiology of hantaviruses and population dynamics of small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1987, 37: 648-62. PMID: 2891308, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1987.37.648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh IFA titersProspective seroepidemiological studyIndirect fluorescent antibody titersFluorescent antibody titersEvidence of transmissionTransmission of hantavirusesIndividual blood samplesAntibody titersSeroepidemiological studyIncidence rateAntibody prevalenceBlood samplesIFA titersMean incidenceRatsVirus transmissionHantavirusesMature animalsWhite-footed miceMiceTitersMonthsRodents